Luke Davey has lost his judicial review against Oxfordshire’s revised care plan in light of the cessation of the ILF. Luke Davey – High Court judgment in full What issues did this case raise? – The problem of dealing with clients who had been able to supplement the council’s care packages with ILF money, once … Continue reading

Here is a reduced size powerpoint with the conclusions, in legal terms, about the dodginess or otherwise of warehousing and cost capping Warehousing and Cost Capping Legal Principles – conclusions And for those who want to purchase the full length recording, and reasoning behind the conclusions, all you need to do is to write to … Continue reading

I’ve been surprised at the furore going on in the HSJ and Guardian, this last week, about the most juicy and important test case issue of our time: the question of the rights and wrongs – in legal terms – of a public body’s offering someone a care home place because it is cheaper than … Continue reading

After today’s webinar on Review and Revisions I said I would provide the slides about dodgy cuts from the old law, and defensible cuts – for free, so here it is. I hope it does some good! Excerpt Reviews Revisions and Re-assessments

There’s a separate post on this site, about my latest cunning plan to preserve some notion of law mattering in adult social care – a post about a new charity, which I am launching in early 2017. It going to be called CASC-AIDr from now on – the Centre for Adult Social Care Advice, Information … Continue reading

After the New Year, Care and Health Law will no longer be offering half an hour of completely free advice about adult social care rights, to any and all individuals who ask for it, because Belinda is on her knees from doing so, and a girl has got to make a living somehow! However, Belinda and … Continue reading

Nobody seems to disagree, as such, with the assertion that Adult Social Services and Care are in crisis. The adult social care budget constitutes the biggest area of duty-based and discretionary spend for councils, and supports some of the most vulnerable people in society. Ensuring sustainable levels of funding is critical – but no party … Continue reading Belinda’s Alternative Autumn Statement!»

The end of this important case, A local authority v X (Holman J) After the interim hearing, at which the LA had refused to trial the man out with a package in his own home for a month, given the long term financial unsustainability of the cost, the LA was required to serve a commissioning … Continue reading